2023
Local News
2023
New chef at Services Club serving traditional Chinese
The Cobar Services Club has a new chef in the kitchen with Ben Lwu opening his ‘Little Chef’ restaurant at the club last week. Ben did his two years of training at a chef school in China nearly 17 years ago before going into the family business. Since moving to […]
2023
Feral pig numbers are out of control
Farmers around the state are calling for more resources to combat a huge rise in the number of feral pigs which are destroying their properties and killing their stock. The Cobar Weekly spoke with a number of landholders across the region and all report seeing dramatic increases in pig numbers. […]
2023
New carparking area expected to be in operation soon
Cobar Shire Council will be working hard to have a new parking area (that will be available for use by free campers) established within the next two months. Council’s tourism manager Demi Smith reported to last Thursday’s Tourism Advisory Committee meeting that Council had made work on the Heritage Park […]
2023
Passing on a traditional family skill
When your surname literally translates to papermaker (or more correctly paper mill), local library staff member, Natalia Papierniak (who is of Polish origin) was well qualified to lead Cobar Shire Council’s Book Binding workshop on Sunday. The Book Binding workshop at the Cobar Youth & Community Centre on Sunday was […]
2023
Show Society volunteers are confident and optimistic
Cobar Show Society committee members joined other agricultural show volunteers from around the state at a conference in Dubbo on the weekend which aimed to celebrate, motivate and educate volunteers on what makes a great show in 2023 and beyond. Volunteers from 192 country and suburban shows in New South […]
2023
Small set back for Iron Ringer build
The Cobar Iron Ringer committee has suffered a small setback in their efforts to build an Iron Ringer monument. Iron Ringer committee chair John Collins said the committee was unsuccessful in their application to obtain grant funding from the NSW Government’s 2022/23 Arts & Cultural Funding Program to help with […]
2023
CSA Mine’s new owners take over
MAC CEO outlines future plans for the CSA Mine The sale of Cobar’s CSA Mine from Glencore to Metals Acquisition Corp (MAC) was finalised on Friday with the mine welcoming its 5th owner in 58 years of operation. Glencore, who has owned the mine since 1999, received USD$775 million in […]
150623
Decision made in best interests of the community
Social media blew up over the weekend with many locals (and former locals) offering opinions and comments about the recent temporary closure of the Cobar Vinnies store. The Cobar Weekly approached the St Vincent de Paul Society (NSW) for a comment on the matter. “The St Vincent de Paul Society […]
150623
Cobar kids join the navy for a day
A group of 49 Cobar High School students from Years 9 and 10 and three teachers travelled to Sydney last week to attend the Stand Tall Conference for young people. The Cobar students were among 5,000 students from across NSW who attended the conference, to hear messages of hope and […]